Jasper

See also jasper

English

Proper noun

Jasper

1. A male given name, an English variant of Caspar.
   • 1920 St. John Greer Ervine, Changing Winds, Macmillan 1920, page 225:

     Her husband is...let me see...oh yes, he's Lord Jasper Jayne. His name sounds like the hero of a servant's novelette, but he doesn't look like that. He looks like a chucker-out in a back-street pub.

2. One of the Magi, also known as Caspar.

Translations

male given name; one of the Magi — see Caspar

Anagrams

• japers

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Finnish

Etymology

Recently borrowed from English Jasper.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjɑsper/
• Hyphenation: Jas‧per

Proper noun

Jasper

1. A male given name of modern usage.

Declension

Declension of Jasper (type paperi) singular plural nominative Jasper Jasperit genitive Jasperin Jasperien Jaspereiden Jaspereitten partitive Jasperia Jaspereita Jaspereja accusative Jasper Jasperin Jasperit inessive Jasperissa Jaspereissa elative Jasperista Jaspereista illative Jasperiin Jaspereihin adessive Jasperilla Jaspereilla ablative Jasperilta Jaspereilta allative Jasperille Jaspereille essive Jasperina Jaspereina translative Jasperiksi Jaspereiksi instructive – Jasperein abessive Jasperitta Jaspereitta comitative – Jaspereineen